Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

24- وَعَنْهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ قَرَابَتَهُ ٠ِنْ ضَيْعَتِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا جَرِيباً ٠َرَّتْ عَلَيْهِ سِنُونَ لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ فِي ضَيْعَتِهِ فَضْلٌ بَلِ احْتَاجَ إِلَى السَّلَفِ وَالْعِينَةِ عَلَى ٠َنْ أَوْصَى لَهُ ٠ِنَ السَّلَفِ وَالْعِينَةِ أَ٠ْ لا فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ٠ْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُجْرِ عَلَيْهِ٠ِنَ السِّنِينَ الْ٠َاضِيَةِ فَقَالَ كَأَنِّي لا أُبَالِي إِنْ أَعْطَاهُ٠24.

It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith who has narrated the following: “A man made a will to another man to give his relatives from his asset (land) such and such Jarib (a certain unit of measurement) of food. Many years passed but there was no extra in his asset; instead he needed to borrow and arrange for al-‘Aynah on the beneficiary of the will.

Is it necessary to arrange a loan and al- ‘Aynah for the beneficiary so that when in future there is a gain it is compensated for what he borrowed for them during the past years?

He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not mind if he gives them or takes then pays off.’” (al-‘ Aynah: merchandise sold on credit is purchased back for cash at a lower price called ( ‘Aynah), see details in Volume Five, Chapter 88) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/103))